κνημίς
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κνημίς
κνημῖδος
Structure:
κνημιδ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- a greave or piece of armour from knee to ankle, ox-hide leggings
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἀλλὰ καὶ γέλωτα ἂν ὀφλισκάνοι χωλεύων ὑπὸ τῇ ἀσπίδι καὶ ἐπὶ στόμα καταπίπτων ὑπὸ τοῦ βάρουσ καὶ ὑπὸ τῷ κράνει ὁπότε ἀνανεύσειε δεικνὺσ τοὺσ παραβλῶπασ ἐκείνουσ αὑτοῦ ὀφθαλμοὺσ καὶ τὸν θώρακα ἐπαίρων τῷ τοῦ μεταφρένου κυρτώματι καὶ τὰσ κνημῖδασ ἐπισυρόμενοσ, καὶ ὅλωσ αἰσχύνων ἀμφοτέρουσ, καὶ τὸν δημιουργὸν αὐτῶν καὶ τὸν δεσπότην. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 7:5)
- ὣσ εἰπὼν κνημῖδασ ὀρειχάλκοιο φαεινοῦ, Ἡφαίστου κλυτὰ δῶρα, περὶ κνήμῃσιν ἔθηκεν· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 11:1)
- ὅμωσ τῷ δικαίῳ λόγῳ οὐκ ἂν ἔξω εἰήσ τοῦ ἡμαρτηκέναι, ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τισ περὶ τῇ κνήμῃ τὸ κράνοσ ἢ περὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ τὰσ κνημῖδασ ἐπιδήσαιτο. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 23:3)
- καὶ θυρεοὺσ πλατεῖσ παραμήκεισ φέρουσιν καὶ κράνοσ σιδηροῦν καὶ θώρακα πεπλεγμένον καὶ κνημῖδασ σμικράσ. (Arrian, chapter 4 13:1)
- σκέψαι τοίνυν οἱούσ αὐτοὺσ παρ’ ἐμοῦ παρεδέξατο πρῶτον, εἰ γενναίουσ καὶ τετραπήχεισ, καὶ μὴ διαδρασιπολίτασ, μηδ’ ἀγοραίουσ μηδὲ κοβάλουσ ὥσπερ νῦν μηδὲ πανούργουσ, ἀλλὰ πνέοντασ δόρυ καὶ λόγχασ καὶ λευκολόφουσ τρυφαλείασ καὶ πήληκασ καὶ κνημῖδασ καὶ θυμοὺσ ἑπταβοείουσ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Agon, Antepirrheme7)
